Re: [MacPerl] Feature Request: Default File Creator

[Dennis Little <dennis.j.little@lmco.com>]

Vicki (and all the others that replied),

>> All (but especially those in charge of new features in MacPerl),
>>
>> I'm fairly new to Perl so if there is a way to do this, let me know.  I
>> usually use bbedit lite to create scripts and then copy/paste/save/run
>>them
>> from the MacPerl application.
>
>Ohhhh... don't do it this way :-)

[stuff about use the BB-Edit modules for MacPerl deleted]

>> I also tend to create quite a few log files in the scripts I've written.
>>
>> I realize it would be an easy script to write to change the type/creator
>>of
>
>It's even easier to just grab one of the several very nice Mac drag&drop
>implementations (e.g. FileTyper)...  they do much more than just
>Type&Creator.

I think everyone missed my point.  All these suggestions work great if I'm
using BB-Edit (which this time I am because I prefer it).  But do the same
options exist for all the other text editors out there?  What if I want to
modify my scripts in MS Word (dodging rotten tomatoes) or Alpha or TexEdit
(a few other text editors I've seen)?

This same thing applies to output files.  Yes, I can change the GUSI
resource (thanks for the info, this one I didn't know) but when I upgrade,
I have to remember to do yet one more thing.

It seems that since a prefs file is already there (I can see it -- it's
called MacPerl 5 Preferences in my System:Preferences folder), why not add
in an extra 16 bytes that would contain the type and creator of scripts and
output files?

me

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